Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-07-16

ship VIII the sailors were neatly
scared to death, and preached a sermon
hat nearly shook Felix Oft his judg-
aaent seat. / hear the men and women
vho helped him down through the
window aud over the wall taking in
Drivate over the matter, and saying:
How glad | am that we effected that
rescue! In coming times others may
get the glory Of Pauls work, but no
one shall rob US of the satisfaction Of
knowing that we held the rope"
STORM IN TIE OCEAN.
Once for thirty-six hour, we expected
every moment to 60 to the bottom OF
he ocean. The waves struck through
the skylights and rushed down into the
hold of the ship and Kissed against the
boilers. 1t was an awful time; but by
the blessing OF God and the faithiulness
Of the men in charge we came out OF
the cyclone and we arrived at home.
Each one before leaving the ship
thanked Captain Andrews. / do not
think there was a man or woman that
went off that ship without thanking
Captain Andrews, and when years after
| heard OF his death | was impelled to
write a letter of coincidence to his fam
lily in Liverpool. Everybody rccog-
MED the goodness, the courage, the
kindness of Captain Andrews; but il
cccurs 10 me now that we never
thanked the engineer. He stood away
down in the darkness amid the Kissing
: furnaces doing his whole duty. No
body thanked the engineer, but God
recognized his heroism and his con
tinuance and his fidelity. and there
will be just as high reward for the
engineer who worked out Of sight. as
for the captain who stood Oh the bridge
of the ship in the midst of the bowling
, tempest.
I HI STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATION.
r There are said to be about $4,000
ministers of religion in this country.
About $4,000 | warrant came from
early homes which mad to struggle for
the necessaries of life. The sons of
rich bankers and merchants generally
become rich bankers and merchants.
The most of those who become minis
J tiers are the sons Of those who had ter
: rifle struggles to get their every day
: bread. The collegiate and theological
education of that son took every luxury
from the parental table for eight years.
The other children were more scantily
apparelled. The son at college every
little while got Il bundle from home. In
it were the socks that mother had knit.
= sitting up late at night, her sight not
~ nnnI ~ nnnn ~ WnA nd fhnrl
also were some delicacies from tho sis
: tiers hand for the voracious appetite OF
. Il hungry student. The father swung
the heavy cradle through the wheat,
the sweat rolling from his chin bedcw.
/ ing every step Of the way, and then
sitting down under the cherry tree ii
!, noon thinking to himself: II am fear
fully tired, bat it viii pay if ! can one,
i see that boy through college. and if
: can know that he will be ~rreaching the
> gospel after | am dead" The younger
children want to know why they can
have this and that as others do, anC
the mother says: .'Be patient, my
- children, until your brother GRADUATES
= and then you snail have more luxuries
but we must see that boy through"
The years 60 by, and the son = has
- been ordained and is preaching the
4 glorious Gospel, and a great reviva'
' comes, and souls by scores and hun,
drads accept the Gospel from the lips
of that young preacher, and father and
mother, quite old now, are visiting the
Sol at the village parsonage. and a
d the close of "A Sabbath of mighty bless.
ing, father and mother retire to their
~ room, the son lighting the way and
IL asking them if he a do anything to
d make them more comfortable, saying
if they want any thing in the night jus,
to knock on the wall. And then, all
u alone, father and mother talk over the
gracious influences OF the day, and
1t say: 'Well it was worth all we went
. through to educate that boy. 1t was a
Z hard pull, but we held on till the work
II was done. The world may not know
it, but, mother, we held the rope, didn't
WEEP And the voice. tremulous with
Il joyful emotion, responds: Yes, father,
h we held the rope. | feel my work is
done. Now, Lord, lettest thou thy
y servant depart IN peace, for mine eyes
' have seen thy Salyatlon.' "PShaw!'
) says the father, Il never felt so much
G like living in my life as now, l want
to see what that fellow is going on to
do, he has begun SO we'll"
A PERSONAL ALLUSION.
Something occurs TO me quite per
sonal. was the youngest of a large
: family Of children. My parents were
neither rich nor poor; four of the sons
wanted collegiate education. and four
, obtained it, but not without great home
struggle. We never heard the old
people say once that they were denying
themselves to effect this, but | rensem-
Der nov that myparents always looked
I tired. | don't think they ever got
, rested until they lay down in the
Somerville cemetery. Mother would
sit down in the evening and say:
well. l don't know what makes me
feel so tired!' Father would fall inn
mediately to sleep, seated by the even
I ing stand, overcome with tho days
fatigues. One of the foar brothers,
a after preaching the gospel for about
fifty years, entered upon his heavenly